Months 1 & 2

Let's start at the beginning. Finding out your pregnant can be exhilerating, frightening and a bit sickening all at the same time. From the second that little pee stick shows 2 lines or a plus or the new fangled "pregnant" your life, your body and your soul will change forever. We'll talk about your life and your soul a little later.

Now during your first month, you'll find once you do baby math that it is actually 10 months, but i don't want to scare you, so forget all about that, nothing of real significance is noticeable. That little life form is busy dividing cells over and over again, but not really doing a whole lot to the outside. You might know a couple of weeks into your pregnancy, like I did (I knew at 20 days) or you might not even be aware yet that anything is happening. Most women (and the men who love them) know at about 6 weeks whether they've taken the test or not. Your boobs will be sore and grow as if you've just hit puberty again. Next is the unbelievable nausea. I don't know where the term morning sickness came from (I should check) but it is not allocated to just morning. Generally it is morning, noon, and night. Now I can't help you with the boob thing but your fella will probably volunteer to do what is necessary to make them, you, feel better. But for that nausea, 3 Lollies has a great little sucker and candy drop that seems to do the trick. Drink plenty of water, rest when you can and get ready for end of the first trimester.